The Market

Prime rents around the world are rising, on average, by 1.3% a year according to Knight Frank's latest spot check. That's significantly down from the rate of 3.5% recorded a year ago.

A swanky new scheme has just been unveiled on the formerly-forgotten-about eastern section of Oxford Street.

There's a palpable sense of positivity in the high-value property industry about this week's "Blue Budget." Well, more so than usual for a Budget week.

A rare instruction on one of London's most exclusive crescents has just hit the market, sporting a mighty £32m price tag.

The number of new homes being approved by the capital's planners accelerated by 73% in the first three months of the year, with 11,870 new residential units across 1,553 separate sites entering the pipeline…

One of PCL's top lettings agencies has reported a massive 94% year on year increase in tenancies, seemingly driven by disappointed buyers giving up on the idea of finding their perfect pad.

RBKC has proposed reducing the hours contractors can carry out noisy works in the borough.

The Thackeray Estate has sold a rare development site in Parsons Green for £16.225m.

Tregunter Road, Chelsea £25m The term "turnkey" is surely one of the most overused words in prime property lexicon.

247,000 new rental households appeared in London last year alone, says CBRE, as "the emerging build-to-rent market is beginning to bear fruit."

A Mayfair-based buying agency has reported an influx of Greek clients looking to invest in the UK capital as economic clouds gather over the Eurozone.

Chinese mega-portal Juwai has flagged Ireland as the world's strongest-performing housing market, with a +15.75% price increase in the last year.